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31 / 7 / 2010 - 12:24 AM KSA
For thirty months, the Saudi secret police is still holding a Shiite citizen Ridha Algashaam for unidentified reasons and without formal charges to date.
The authorities arrested the young Algashaam (25 years) in January 2008 amid conflicting reports about the ...
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A popular Saudi cleric said Saturday it is permissible for Muslim women to reveal their faces in countries where the Islamic veil is banned to avoid harassment, while deploring the effort to outlaw the garment in France.
Saudi Arabia, the birthplace ...
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Human Rights Watch has called on Saudi Arabia to free a rights activist it says was arrested for criticising attacks by Sunni clerics on Shiite Muslims.
Police told activist Mikhlif bin Dahham al-Shammari, a Sunni, that he was being detained because ...
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• Saudi's ultra-conservatives hold on to old views as Islamic progressives push for modern fatwas
Clerics have opened up a pitched battle in Saudi Arabia over who can issue fatwas, or religious edicts, as hardline and progressive religious scholars, judges and ...
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Aziza Abdullah had always regarded Saudi Arabia's Shia minority with suspicion and curiosity.
Like many Saudis, she considered the Shia, primarily present in the oil-rich Eastern province, as potential traitors, loyal to their brethren in Iran and busy plotting against Sunni ...
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The photo may not look remarkable - a Saudi royal posing with roughly 40 women covered in conservative Muslim dress. But the photograph of King Abdullah is being hailed as a landmark for Saudi women and their long struggle for ...
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Saudi authorities subjected Ahmed Al-Rebh lengthy sessions of questioning for his political writing and frequent criticism to sectarian government policy.
Sources informed Rasid that Qatif Intelligence Administration called Mr. Al-Rebh on Sunday and Monday for questioning that was continued for long ...
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Munir Baqir Ebrahim Al-Jassas has been an advocate for Shia minority rights since February 2009. He is the general supervisor for the “Tahara” on-line discussion forum and regularly posted articles and comments on other web forums on the same issue. ...
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Rasid News Network blockage by Saudi authorities exceeded 100 times. With over 20 million visitors, the frequent blockage proved to be in vain.
Since its launch seven years ago, the blockage rate is almost monthly. But Rasid visitors have come up ...
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Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, Interior Minister, refused to re-open the closed Shia mosques in Eastern Province for undisclosed security and sectarian issues.
Sources from Najran informed Rasid that a delegation from Ismaili met the Prince in his office on Saturday night ...
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Saudi SHia prominent clerical figure Sayed Hassan Al-Nimer demanded the Saudi government of taking a brave decision that drive Saudi communities toward sectarian coexistence.
during a meeting that was held in Qatif and was attended by several public, social and religious ...
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